CVE-2018-17961
High
CVE-2018-17961
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
Exploit probability
10.0%
Published
October 15, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-17961
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Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/